This painting was done after a fairly long gap between sketches – although the gap was filled with finishing off other partly done drawings. This is our cat sitting in his favourite spot in the evening. I have drawn him multiple times, but in this attempt I tried to keep the colours really simple and faded those in the background to make him stand out.
Fri-17-Apr-2026
Drawing the same thing over and over again is therapeutic, which is appropriate because as I sketched this, I was watching the third season of “Shrinking”.
Thu-26-Feb-2026
We had our big Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve as we have our big family gathering (out of town) on the 25th. We spent most of the day cooking, then ate it all (or at least overly large portions) in less than an hour. This is our coffee table sketched as we watched “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the nth time and dozed off.
Wed-24-Dec-2025
When I sketched this we had just put up our tired old tree (which we bought when we lived in Syria). As usual we festooned/overloaded it with every decoration we have including an angel made from a San-mig beer can, balls (and Rudolf) made from old light bulbs and wooden decorations given by a friend who now lives in France.
Thu-18-Dec-2025
Here is a quick sketch of one of our cats (General Tapioca) in his usual evening spot.
Wed-10-Dec-2025
I was looking through some older sketches the day I drew this. I know I shouldn’t care but I used to get several hundred likes on Instagram. Now I struggle to get close to this. My sketches from before also seemed more…careful? So with this one I took more care, used a finer pen and didn’t obsess about filling in all the detail.
Fri-21-Nov-2025
This is our cat, Captain Haddock, not staying still as I sketched him. So I just included him twice.
Thu-30-Oct-2025
I did this sketch while just doodling away in the evening with “Grey’s Anatomy” plays in the background. After the first few seasons I’ve lost interest, especially in the lead character.
Fri-24-Oct-2025
Here is Captain Haddock in his favourite position in the evening – sleeping with his head resting on my wife’s leg. He never does this with me – though he does tend to sleep on my side of the bed and plod around me at night. There is no question who is his favourite person.
Thu-16-Oct-2025